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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1621-1646, 1698
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Adjudicatioun, -tion, n. [L. adjūdicātio, whence also e.m.E. adjudication (1691).] The attachment of land or other heritable estate in satisfaction of debt. — 1621 Acts IV. 611/1.
Act. vii: Anent adiudicatiounes 1621 Ib. 611/2.
Sentences of adiudicatioun a1646 Spotisw. Practicks 8.
When no person enters Heir to a Debitor having Lands, … Adjudication of the Lands is craved by the Creditors a1646 Ib. 9.
[The widow] sought Adjudication of all his Goods 1698 Foulis Acc. Bk. 240.
The allowance of the adjudicatioun against Grange M[aste]rtonne
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